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The History of Sand Bottles and Custom Craftihouse Sand Art Sand Bottle History In the 1860s to 1890s, Andrew Clemens, a deaf mute born in Dubuque, Iowa, USA, became famous for his craft of creating unfixed pictures using multicoloured sands compressed inside glass bottles or ornate chemist jars. The sand was collected from the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. The subjects of his sand bottles included ornately decorated sentimental verses, sailing ships, plants, animals, and portrai …